Method(ist) to the Madness

Mary Beth, Andy, and Brian
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Welcome to Methodist to the Madness, a podcast about the wacky, cool, wild, and weird stuff that's happened throughout the Universal church’s history.

  1. 07/30/2025

    You Gotta Fast Carb

    After a long (and deeply spiritual) hiatus, Methodist to the Madness returns with an episode on one of church history’s most intense figures: Catherine of Siena. She wrote scathing letters to popes, fasted herself into visions, and once drank pus out of a bowl—voluntarily. In this episode, we explore Catherine’s mystical life, her radical acts of service, and the thin line between holy devotion and spiritual burnout. It’s a story of sacred intensity, unsettling choices, and what it really means to serve.

    36 min

  2. 11/27/2024

    One way or another, I’m gonna find you (but not really because you’re super lost)

    Description: Hello, theologians! Happy Thanksgiving week! We hope you enjoy time around the table with loved ones, discussing today’s topic: the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Enjoy some more (poorly researched) historical content on us! Highlights include: historical context for the lost colonists, three ships: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, the Lost Colony TexMex restaurant, and a solid Gilbert & Sullivan goof courtesy of Andy.

    47 min

  3. 11/19/2024

    Don't Stop Believin'  (Or Do, It Doesn't Matter, It's All Predetermined Anyway)

    What’s up Theologians! We really enjoyed recording this latest episode on this fine, fun Tuesday morn! (We’re sorry to all the Calvinists we’ll inevitably offend — we really are just poking fun.) Talking points: differences between Calvinistic theology and Wesleyan theology, Darth Tater, black and white thinking, and not gambling

    46 min

  4. 11/12/2024

    Who Run the World? Girls! (But Not if You’re Southern Baptist)

    Sorry for the unplanned hiatus, Theologians, but we’re glad to be back on schedule! Episode highlights include defining complementarianism vs egalitarianism, The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, MB briefly dunking on John Piper, and resources for egalitarians!

    43 min

  5. 10/29/2024

    Wanted (Undead or Alive)

    Welcome Theologians to our 10th episode, Halloween spooktacular featuring our first ever guest, Bailey May. Full disclosur: this is the most chaotic episode we’ve ever recorded, which means it was lots of fun. Highlights include: casket girls, vampire nuns?, and Bailey telling us about the raccoon he ate.

    1 hr

  6. 10/22/2024

    Everybody Hurts Pt. 2

    Ok, we’re actually going to talk about the stigmata now! Highlights include: Did you know St. Francis is the first recorded stigmatic?, St. Padre Pio, and MB goes on a feminist rant about female stigmatics.

    54 min

  7. 10/15/2024

    Everybody Hurts

    Hey theologians! This week we were planning on talking about the stigmata buuuut… we ended up talking about suffering instead. So less funny and more fruitful content this week! C’est la vie. Talking points include: suffering as blessing, why we don’t value suffering the same way folks did in the 13th century, and Brian not knowing why he’s here.

    37 min

  8. 10/08/2024

    All Creatures of Our God and King (Funny) 

    Welcome back, Theologians! This week, we’re talking St. Francis — an ex-party animal soldier who renounced his wealth, lived his new life in radical poverty, went on daring missions to hostile lands, and experienced mystical ecstasy.  Oh, and Brian makes a pun about emails.

    54 min
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Welcome to Methodist to the Madness, a podcast about the wacky, cool, wild, and weird stuff that's happened throughout the Universal church’s history.

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  • Creator
    Mary Beth, Andy, and Brian
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Method(ist) to the Madness
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